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A man accused of leaving a dog and a cat to die in an alley after taping their muzzles shut will remain behind bars for at least two more weeks.

The case of Nicolino Ivano Camardi, 19, was adjourned until Sept. 3 for a bail hearing after he appeared in court via closed-circuit television from the Calgary Remand Centre on Tuesday.

Camardi was charged with two counts of wilfully causing pain, suffering or injury to an animal after the animals ­— A Siberian husky and a domestic short-haired cat — were found in separate occasions in January near his Willow Park home.

The dog died from starvation and the cat was strangled with a cord or a rope after it had been struck on its head.

Camardi faces possible jail time up to five years if he is found guilty of the charges.

According to court documents, the young man had talked to his girlfriend about harming animals and people prior to the alleged incidents.

Camardi’s girlfriend, say the documents, applied on March 9 for an emergency protection order against her boyfriend after he allegedly threatened her with violence when she tried to leave their home.

She told Const. Aaron Squirrell that Camardi had spoken to her about hurting animals and killing people, according to a court transcript of the emergency protection order hearing.

Camardi has a history of crack cocaine use and “mental illness with psychosis,” Squirrell told justice of the peace Lily MacKay. He testified that Camardi told police he hears voices telling him to kill his girlfriend. The girlfriend also told Squirrell that Camardi “speaks to people that aren’t there, while she is in his presence.”

Camardi also faces two counts of uttering threats, one count of unlawful confinement and one count of breach of probation in relation to the March 9 incident involving his girlfriend.

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